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Hi. You can check your ISO information following these instructions:
ISO - See what Language, Edition, and Architecture of Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
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Hi. You can check your ISO information following these instructions:
ISO - See what Language, Edition, and Architecture of Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
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@simrick - he actually wants to find out the base language of his installed unbootable OS...
No such tutorial...I'm not 100% sure if I chose English or International English before and the instructions state if I don't get that right I will lose everything. Is there a way to double check what my OS specs are has via the boot menu?
Aaahh...sorry about that. He doesn't know if he had American English or British English on his machine?
That's an American Country Kit; originally came with W7. It would have to be American English and not International (British), right?
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I think if you try an in-place upgrade install where the base language of the iso or whatever isn't the same as that of your installed OS you may get that a message like this oneI'm not 100% sure if I chose English or International English before
"You can`t keep Windows settings, personal files, and apps because you`ve chosen to install Windows 10 using a different language than you`re currently using."
Yes, that's right, but there's a way round it. My in-place upgrade to 1511 had to be EN-US because (despite my machine being for the UK market) it's initial free upgrade was for the US language. To avoid loosing my UK language packs (again) with the AU I wanted to change from EN-US to EN-GB.
The trick is a two step upgrade: first an in-place upgrade using the same base language as the existing OS. Second an in-place upgrade using the same version as the newly upgraded OS but in a different language. Both steps allow you to keep Windows settings, personal files, and apps.
Thanks. I tested your first suggestion in my backup pc and it worked fine stating I'm using English-US. Odd are my probem PC has the same. I tried it there to be 100% sure but it didn't work. The command line started with "x:" so I switched it to "c:" and entering "dism/online/get-intl" it said to go to the DISM log file, which I did and there was nothing there about the language.
Being a novice, I'm not sure what to do with your second suggestion. I entered variations of the "Langid ..." at the command prompt but but it said they weren't valid. I found this: Use the Language Pack Setup Tool to Install a Language Pack but I don't want to enter the wrong thing and make things worse. Will one of the suggested commands reveal the install language or just add/delete them? If it would work, what should the entry be to see the install language?
You may just as well simply try the in-place repair. If you think there may be two options, you have a 50% chance of succeeding with 1 download.
Note- there's always a chance the procedure may fail for other reasons... but we won't think about that - yet.
Hahaha. You were exactly correct! My first download attempt failed at almost 100% completion. 4.5 hours later the second attempt succeeded. I'm burning it to disk now.
I remember when I did the repair install with Windows 7, the process required several reboots and each time I had to be there to enter the logon password. Is there a way to turn off the password request via the boot menu or the troubleshooting feature?